In the women's 10-meter platform, Mary Ellen...

CLARK WINS.

August 2, 1987|Derek Catron

CLARK WINS. In the women's 10-meter platform, Mary Ellen Clark, 24, of Newton Square, Pa., won her first national title in senior competition. Clark's victory marked the halt of a victory streak by Michele Mitchell, who took the silver medal. Both qualified to represent the United States in the Pan Am Games. Mitchell, 25, of Boca Raton, led comfortably most of the way but failed to take her seventh consecutive women's national platform title when she received no points for her next-to-last dive. Clark finished with 396.09 points, and Mitchell had 386.46. Combined with 50 percent of their points from the preliminary round for the purposes of determining the Pan Am team, Mitchell qualified first and Clark second, 557.92 points to 557.78.